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Salon.com
June 27, 2000
Tabitha M. Powledge |
Book of life? Hosanna! The Human Genome Project has been completed. We will now cure diseases, weed out defective genes and create a new supergeneration in the near future. Not.   |
BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004
John Carey |
Craig Venter: DNA's Mapmaker Who could ever have imagined that a surfer working as a night clerk at Sears, Roebuck & Co. would eventually become the driving force behind the race to read the genetic code of humanity? |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2000
Ronald Bailey |
Strands of Life Book Review: Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, by Matt Ridley |
Wired
August 2000
Jennifer Hillner |
Area 22 The inside story of the first fully sequenced chromosome. |
Fast Company
November 2009
David H. Freedman |
The Gene Bubble: Why We Still Aren't Disease-Free When the human genome was first sequenced nearly a decade ago, the world lit up with talk about how new gene-specific drugs would help us cheat death. Well, the verdict is in: Keep eating those greens. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
John Carey |
The NIH's Roadmap for Research Charting the human genome was just the beginning. Now the focus is creating pathways that will lead to practical applications. |
Salon.com
June 26, 2000
Ralph Brave |
The great gene race A tiny private company and the giant public genome project jointly crossed the finish line. But the upstart really won. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012
Sarah C. P. Williams |
Opening the Floodgates Researchers are using exome sequencing -- zeroing in on the genes that encode proteins -- to explore the biology of certain diseases. |
Bio-IT World
February 10, 2003
Kevin Davies |
With a Click of the Mouse What do Eminem and Mus musculus have in common? About 30,000 genes, for a start. The author mulls over the second mammalian genome. |
Bio-IT World
November 12, 2002
Davies et al. |
John Craig Venter Unvarnished The former Celera CEO talks about that company's politics, the future of sequencing technology, and his own genome. |
Fast Company
September 2000
John Ellis |
The Secret of Life The mapping of the human genome, says Craig Venter, will change science, research, medicine, politics, health insurance, and the way biology looks at the last 3 billion years of evolution. And that's just the beginning. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2000
Arthur Allen |
Listening to DNA The genome project is getting the buzz. But the real breakthroughs may come from labs out of the limelight, like Gene Logic. |
Salon.com
June 27, 2000
Ralph Brave |
Building better humans The sci-fi possibilities of genetic tampering may soon become real. And there's no law against them. |
Bio-IT World
April 15, 2003
Malorye Branca |
Beyond the Blueprint How will the wealth of data emanating from the human genome and allied technologies impact research on health and disease? |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
John Carey |
Dr. Francis S. Collins: On The Trail Of Disease Genes Collins is leading the search for DNA variations that can result in illnesses. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: DNA With human cloning and other controversial bombshells waiting just around the corner, expect DNA to remain in the public eye for decades to come. |
Wired
December 2002
Douglas McGray |
Supermicrobe Man First Craig Venter cracked the human genome. Now he wants to sequence the ocean and save the world. |
BusinessWeek
October 23, 2008
John Carey |
Reading the Entire Genetic Code Pioneers such as 23andMe and Navigenics use snips of genes to make medical predictions. Now new tools from more start-ups are on the horizon. |
Bio-IT World
October 2005
Kevin Davies |
Monkey Business The impact of the chimpanzee genome is not confined to science. It offers an urgent reminder of the endangered status of many primate species. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2013
Eliza Strickland |
The Gene Machine and Me Ion Torrent's chip-based genome sequencer is cheap, fast, and poised to revolutionize medicine |
Chemistry World
July 13, 2011
Hayley Birch |
Naked mole-rat genome holds clue to beating cancer The recently published draft sequence of the naked mole-rat genome promises to reveal the secrets of its long and remarkably cancer-free existence, potentially providing new targets for anti-cancer drugs. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Scientists Play Chicken An international scientific consortium decodes the chicken genome. This information may be of use to companies such as Tyson, Pilgrim's Pride, Cal-Maine or even Buffalo Wild Wings. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005 |
A Genome Pioneer Looks Forward Dr. Francis Collins discusses the end of the Human Genome Project and says an "outpouring of discoveries" is coming soon. |
Chemistry World
August 26, 2007
Michael Gross |
Grapevine Genome Reveals Wine's Flavour Secrets The genome of the grapevine, Vitis vinifera, has been decoded by scientists. The research reveals the genetic origins of certain aromas and health-promoting compounds in wine. |
Scientific American
June 2009
Melinda Wenner |
Genetic Copy Variations and Disease A new sense for how variable numbers of genes cause disease. |
Bio-IT World
December 10, 2002
Rotem Sorek |
Alternative Splicing: Listen to the Mouse The completed mouse genome may help to finally pin down the size of the transcriptome. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Neanderthal DNA Enlightens Investors Investors, the superb performance of 454's gene sequencing equipment on such a difficult and important project bodes well for its future prospects. |
Bio-IT World
June 2005
John Russell |
A Totally Spooky Evening Paul Mullin's wonderful play, The Sequence, spills out the sometimes sordid details of the rivalry between the two men who were at the heads of the institutions racing to sequence the human genome. |
Salon.com
January 9, 2001
Ralph Brave |
Decoding the genome Six new books tackle human biology's Holy Grail, but each fights its own crusade... |
BusinessWeek
November 7, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
How Likely Are You To Get Sick? A new DNA database could gauge your risk for disease. |
Bio-IT World
November 12, 2002
Kevin Davies |
DNA for Dummies? The journal Nature Genetics has just published a user's guide to the human genome -- and none too soon. |
Reactive Reports
Apr/May 2005
David Bradley |
At Last, the Structure of DNA Researchers have made a significant advance in our understanding of life's main molecule, using X-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structures of nearly all the possible sequences of a macromolecule. |
Chemistry World
March 27, 2014
James Urquhart |
Synthetic yeast chromosome is fully functional The first complete and functional synthetic yeast chromosome has been created by a team of scientists based in the US. |
Bio-IT World
March 17, 2004 |
Genome War and Peace The belated result is a fluid and frequently compelling book, with some fascinating insights into the commercial and political wrangling that accompanied the creation of Celera and ultimately undermined Venter's goal of becoming the Bloomberg of genomics. |
Salon.com
December 19, 2000
Carolyn McConnell |
"The Century of the Gene" by Evelyn Fox Keller A new book argues that there may be no such thing as a gene. At least, it has proved very difficult to isolate a discrete physical item that can do the work our notion of the gene does... |
Chemistry World
May 22, 2014
Philip Ball |
Is junk DNA all garbage? It would be hard to find a recent scientific study that has excited more controversy than that of the international collaboration Encode. They suggested that up to 80% of our DNA was functional. |
Scientific American
December 19, 2005 |
Lean Gene Machine An ocean bacterium has the most streamlined genome: P. ubique apparently has traded potential for economy in a big way, making its genome the equivalent of a fuel-stingy Volkswagen Beetle, whereas human DNA is more akin to a gas-guzzling Hummer pulling an RV trailer plus a boat. |
Bio-IT World
December 10, 2002 |
Craig Venter Unvarnished (part II) The former Celera CEO covers privacy, ESTs, and his new research institutes. |
Wired
August 2004
James Shreeve |
Craig Venter's Epic Voyage to Redefine the Origin of the Species He wanted to play God, so he cracked the human genome. Now Craig Venter wants to play Darwin and collect the DNA of everything on the planet. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2011
Jill Wechsler |
Guiding a Revolution in Science Francis Collins led the genomic revolution as director of the International Human Genome Project and director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH from 1993 to 2008. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2003
Kevin Davies |
Malcolm in the Middle A maverick scientist and entrepreneur finds himself at the center of a DNA patenting storm. |
Wired
November 17, 2007
Thomas Goetz |
23AndMe Will Decode Your DNA for $1,000. Welcome to the Age of Genomics A much-anticipated Silicon Valley startup called 23andMe offers a thorough tour of your genealogy, tracing your DNA back through the eons. |
Bio-IT World
March 8, 2005
Kevin Davies |
DNA Chips Reveal Gene Activity Broad-Affymetrix collaboration examines chromatin and histone roles in gene regulation. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2013
Susan Hassler |
Genome to Go It's already possible to have your own genome sequenced. But personalized medicine based on sequencing still has a way to go |
Wired
Lucas Graves |
15th Anniversary: Scientists Chase the Miracle of Fake Life Biologist J. Craig Venter engineered a synthetic version of a real organism's entire genetic code. Here's how. |
Bio-IT World
June 2005
Maureen McDonough |
Celera Releases Genome Data In a decision that essentially marks the end of the genome wars, Celera Genomics will release its formerly proprietary human, mouse, and rat genome sequences to the public domain. |
Bio-IT World
May 2006
Kevin Davies |
Ashburner Receives Bioinformatics Benjamin Franklin Award A noted Drosophila researcher who helped lead the project to sequence the fruit fly genome in the late 1990s, Michael Ashburner was lauded for his steadfast championing of open-source resources for the genetics and informatics communities. |
Chemistry World
October 12, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Reducing the Number of Genes Needed for Life Two of the smallest bacterial genomes sequenced to date provide new clues to the minimum number of genes required to support cellular life. |
Bio-IT World
June 12, 2002
Kevin Davies |
Variations on a Theme Researchers at Genaissance Pharmaceuticals have outlined the path to creating a comprehensive map of human genomic variation that should ultimately reveal the genetic underpinnings of common diseases. |
Chemistry World
May 20, 2010
Hayley Birch |
The first synthetic cell A chemically synthesised chromosome has for the first time been transplanted into a cell to produce a synthetic bacterium. |
